inconvenience

plural inconveniences

1. countableuncountableThe quality of being inconvenient.

   They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial.

   [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)

   Synonyms: annoyance, nuisance, trouble

2. countableuncountableSomething that is not convenient, something that bothers.

   [Man] is liable to a great many inconveniences.

   1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC

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   The inconveniences that must be endured before the modernisation plan can come into action may be seen at Coventry, where since August the station has been in the throes of rebuilding.

   1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Part, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 101

   An artificial kidney […] can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.

   2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly)

present singular third person inconveniences · participle present inconveniencing · participle past inconvenienced · past inconvenienced

1. To bother; to discomfort.

   He declared that these drastic steps would undoubtedly inconvenience a good many people, but the alternative was bankruptcy of the Ulster Transport Authority and the breakdown of public transport services.

   1956 May, “Transport in Ulster”, in Railway Magazine, page 279

   Synonyms: discommodate, discommode, incommode, impose